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41) Red birds
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2019.
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"An American pilot crash lands in the desert and finds himself on the outskirts of the very camp he was supposed to bomb. After days spent wandering and hallucinating from dehydration, Major Ellie is rescued by one of the camp's residents, a teenager named Momo, whose entrepreneurial money-making schemes are failing as his family is falling apart: his older brother, Ali, left for his first day of work at an American base and never returned; his parents...
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�Yasmin est�a aburrida! Pero al ver la ropa preciosa en el armario de Mama, su tarde aburrida se convierte en un elegante desfile de moda, hasta que... �UY! �El kameez de Mama se dan�o! �Podr�an arreglarlo Yasmin y Nani antes de que Mama regrese a casa?
While her parents are out to dinner, a bored Yasmin decides to try on some of her mother's clothes, including her new shalwar kameez, which gets ripped--but with the help of Nana, Nani,...
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From the Publisher: "In this stunningly written book, a Western trained Muslim doctor brings alive what it means for a woman to live in the Saudi Kingdom. I've rarely experienced so vividly the shunning and shaming, racism and anti-Semitism, but the surprise is how Dr. Ahmed also finds tenderness at the tattered edges of extremism, and a life-changing pilgrimage back to her Muslim faith."- Gail Sheehy. The decisions that change your life are often...
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Sadiq volume 3
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English
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Arab American Heritage Month - Children
Immigrant Heritage Month - Children
National Hobby Month - Children
Immigrant Heritage Month - Children
National Hobby Month - Children
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Even though it is summer Sadiq goes to religious school four days a week to study the Quran; he and his friends find their teacher, Mr. Kassim, strict and intimidating, but when Sadiq finds out that Mr. Kassim has a injured shoulder he decides to volunteer to help with the gardening--and he convinces his friends to volunteer as well.
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¡Todos los exploradores necesitan un mapa! Baba le dice a Yasmin que haga su propio mapa. Pero cuando Yasmin pierde a Mama en el mercado, ¿conseguirá encontrarla con su mapa?
When Yasmin's father explains to her about explorers and maps, Yasmin decides to make a map of her neighborhood and she brings it along on a trip to the farmers' market with her mother--but will the map help her when they are separated?
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"A young woman shares her harrowing experience of being wrongly accused of terrorism. Adama Bah grew up in East Harlem after immigrating from Conakry, Guinea, and was deeply connected to her community and the people who lived there. But as a thirteen-year-old after the events of September 11, 2001, she began experiencing discrimination and dehumanization as prejudice toward Muslim people grew. Then, on March 24, 2005, FBI agents arrested Adama and...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2024 - Young Adults
Arab American Heritage Month - Young Adults
Middle East Book Award - Youth Chapter & Nonfiction
Arab American Heritage Month - Young Adults
Middle East Book Award - Youth Chapter & Nonfiction
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Growing up as a teenager in Amman, Jordan, in the 1980s and 90s, Mufleh knew enough to keep her sexuality a secret. If discovered, her conservative religious community wouldn't hesitate to kill her; she fears her family would cast her out. She made the tough decision to apply for asylum in the United States while attending college, causing her family to break ties with her when she refused to return home. In her memoir, Mufleh shows how she forged...
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Omar Saif Ghobash was born in 1971 in the United Arab Emirates -- the same year the country was founded -- to an Arab father and a Russian mother. After a traumatizing experience losing his father to a violent attack in 1977, when he was only six years old, Ghobash began to realize the severe violence that surrounded him in his home country. As he grew older, eventually being appointed as the UAE Ambassador to Russia in 2008, he began to reflect on...
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Very short introductions volume 261
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2011.
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English
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An introduction to the major aspects of Muhammad's life and its importance, providing both Muslim and Western historical perspectives. It explains the prominent roles that Muhammad's persona has played in the Islamic world throughout history, from the medieval to the modern period.
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English
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Arab American Heritage Month - Children
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Children
Middle East Book Award - Picture Book
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Asian Pacific American Heritage - Children
Middle East Book Award - Picture Book
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In simple rhyming text a young Muslim girl and her family guide the reader through the traditions and colors of Islam.
55) I'm-A-Try
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English
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Looking for an exciting Islamic book for your child?
One that also encourages them to perform good deeds?
Then look no further!
With reviews like: "the kids came running to hear the song" & "beautiful illustrations, wonderful message, catchy tune, love, love, love", this imaginative vocals only song book has got you covered!
WHAT'S IT ABOUT?
Have you ever heard your child complain: "I can't do it!"?
Well what if we can show our...
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2021.
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"The debut picture book by author and human rights activist Qasim Rashid that celebrates good deeds during the month of Ramadan. It's the first day of Ramadan and Hannah wants to be a part of this important month every way she can. But if she's too young to fast, how can she observe Ramadan? By saving the world, Dada Jaan tells her. And so Hannah learns that by helping her friends and neighbors and by showing kindness and generosity, she can make...
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[1995]
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English
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Jalalu'l-Din Rumi (1207-73) was the greatest of the Persian mystical poets. In his extensive writings he explored the profound themes that had gradually evolved with the long succession of Sufi thinkers since the ninth century, such as the nature of truth, of beauty, and of our spiritual relationship with God.
Professor R. A. Nicholson translated this inspiring collection of mystical poems shortly before his death. It contains delicately rhythmical...
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English
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Arab American Heritage Month - Children
Jewish American Heritage - Children
Women's History - Children
Jewish American Heritage - Children
Women's History - Children
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"Yaffa and Fatima live on neighboring date farms. When very little rain leads to a poor harvest, both women go to extra measures to make sure that their neighbor doesn't go hungry"--
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